Durga Puja

News for Durga Puja

Durga Puja, the festival that honours goddess Durga and celebrates her victory over the mythological demon named Mahishasura, kickstarts on Tuesday.Durga is interpreted as an embodiment of feminine......

Bringing Indian festivals home for the second generation I don't know about the origins of Durga Puja, although I know it is a celebration of Ma Durga. I know she is the main goddess for Bengalis......

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is away from Delhi to celebrate Durga Puja at his ancestral home in Mirati, near Kirnahar in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. Amid the rituals of Maha Ashtami......

Far from the hurly-burly of politics, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee plays another role at this time of the year -- that of a priest worshipping Goddess Durga.Mukherjee worships Goddess Durga at......

This column once suggested that Durga Puja, which will burst upon us on Monday with the resonance of Mahalaya chanting, should be showcased for tourists. That is beginning to happen in a small way......

Durga Puja celebrations have begun and how!Rani Mukerji and cousins turned up at the North Bombay Sarbojanin Durga Puja this year at hote Tulip Star in Juhu, a western Mumbai suburb, on September......

The Cricket Association of Bengal will seek permission from the Board of Control for Cricket in India to have a photograph of Sachin Tendulkar on the ticket for the legendary batsman's 199th Test,......

Uncertainty loomed large over Delhi hosting the Queen's Baton Relay for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as the Indian Olympic Association has sought the deferment of the event from October......